Need some legit advice about cheap wide zooms for nikon

Hey guys, so im looking for some solid advice, not "i think" or "maybe" or "i heard someone say this" advice, i need solid advice.


So i have a 35mm adapter(note NEEDS aperture ring, so important), which means i need lenses with large rear elements or i get some bad vignette (refer to my edit "quick day at pc")

I've been told the nikon 24mm 2.8 would have a large enough rear element, but that came from my buddy with a different 35mm setup, so it might not be the same. The problem is, i dont wanna just buy and have it fuck up because 24mm 2.8s are expensive, 150ish 110 if im lucky.

Ive been looking at a number of zooms, they have large rear elements because of this and are at half the price and wider! The ones ive been looking at are samyang 18-28 4-4.5, sigma 21-35 3.5-4.2, nikon 28-85 3.5-4.5 and vivitar 24-70 3.8-4.8 all of these are under 60 bucks.

Now, i know they don't have constant apertures, but thats why their cheaper and will probably look just as good as the 24mm on my redrock. I would never zoom while recording, most likely always on the wide end of the lens and stopped down to at least 5.6.

I'm tempted by the sigma 21-35 because its the fastest and the nikon 28-85 one because horner recommended it but i want at least 24mm. the samyang seems shitty the vivitar seems okay though.

So guys, i know there are some smart people on here, please help me! i mean i guess im only saving 50 bucks but still, the zooms have advantages too since some are decently long at the other end (70 or 85).

thanks m&a